founded by jim cramer, the street.com is an independent source for stock market analysis. cramer's action alerts plus service is home to his multimillion dollar portfolio. you can learn more at the street.com/nbr. >>> mixed signals. new home sales surge while application for mortgages drop. ivy zelman the analyst who called housing's top and bottom makes sense of the conflicting data for us. >>> a penny for your thoughts. j.c. penney reports a smaller loss than expected and says sales will improve. but have investors already lost faith in the company's turn around? >>> so what's at risk in the third part of our health care series tonight, could taxpayers be on the hook if the new federal insurance co-ops do not work out as planned? all that and more tonight on "nightly business report" for wednesday, february 26th. good evening, everyone. i'm gill griffith. tyler is off tonight. >> and i'm susie gharib. good evening from me as well. >>> well, you may not know by looking out your window or at the calendar, but the all important spring housing season has already begun. and t